Identification of P-Rex1 as an anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrogenic target for pulmonary fibrosis.

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Published in Sci Rep on May 13, 2016

Authors

Qing Liang1, Ni Cheng2, Gufang Zhang1, Yurong Liang2, Feng Qian1, Dianqing Wu3, Richard D Ye1,4

Author Affiliations

1: School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
2: Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60612, USA.
3: Department of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine, New Heaven, CT 06510, USA.
4: Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences and the State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China.

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